Clothing-case.



J. A. CUNNINGHAM.

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Patented June 22, 1

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JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, OF CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI.

CLOTHING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed November 20, 1908. Serial No. 463,686.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. CUNNING- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Caruthersville, in the county of Pemiscot and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothing-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved case or article of furniture for storing and exhibiting clothing and the like articles and for use in stores or which may be also used for household purposes, the object of the invention being to provide in combination with a case having flooring and cross bars under the flooring, the said flooring having openings at the ends of the case and the said case being further provided on the inner sides of its end with casings extending above the flooring and provided with openings in their upper sides, a carrying rack in the case pivotally mounted at its lower side on the said bars and having its sides extending through and movable in the openings in the flooring and the said casings, the ends of the said openings forming stops to limit the angular movement of the said carrying rack and the said rack being thereby adapted by a single lateral movement to instantly expose to view all of the clothing or other articles carried thereon, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a case or cabinet constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, a portion of one of the casings in the case or cabinet being shown as broken away and in section.

In accordance with this invention, the case or cabinet 1 which may be of the construction here shown or of any other suitable construction and which may be of any suitable size is provided in its front side with a door or doors 2 slidable in grooves 3 near the upper and lower sides of the case. Within the case is a rack or frame which is made up of four pieces of pipe 12 connected together by elbows 13, the said rack or frame being quadrangular in form. The lower side of the rack or frame bears in recesses let in the upper sides of the bars 15 which are under the flooring 16 of the case or cabinet, said recesses and the engagement thereof by the said lower side of said rack or frame constituting a hinge connection between the rack or frame and the bottom of the case or cabinet. The sides of the said rack or frame extend up through openings in the bottom of the flooring and the lower portions of the said sides are concealed by casings 17 in the ends of the case or cabinet which casings are provided in their upper sides with openings 18 through which the sides of the rack or frame extend, the ends of said openings constituting the stops which respectively limit the inward and out ward movement of the rack or frame. By thus providing the case with a pivotally mounted rack or carrying frame, all of the clothes or other articles carried by such rack or frame may be instantly exposed to View by a single and comparatively short movement of said rack or frame as will be understood.

It will be also understood that a case or other article of furniture embodying the improvements herein described may be constructed at comparatively small cost.

lVhat is claimed is z--- case of the class described having floorin and cross bars under the flooring, said flooring having openings at the ends of the case, and said case being further provided on the inner sides of its ends with casings extending above the flooring and provided with openings in their upper sides, and a carrying rack in the casing, pivotally mounted at its lower side on the said bars and having its sides extending through and movable in the openings in the floor and the said. casings, the ends of the said openings forming stops to limit the angular movement of the said carrying rack.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM.

lVitnesses Manna I'IALE, TOM M. SMITH. 

